May 30, 2013

We got the heads up from Action Figure Blues that David Vonner of Hasbro fame has a relative new company called "Kasual Friday". Starting out with both pop-culture and original tees, Kasual Friday are now moving into the mini figure line.

These new mini figures of The Phantom, Rocky Balboa, Clubber Lang, Flash Gordon and RoboCop definitely have an original look and feel but keep to the style of the original character.

There's no other details on these awesomely new mini figure range other than they should be released sometime in June but we'll keep you posted.

Episode 66 is up of the Action Figure Blues Podcast as the guys talk about the new Regular Show Toys from Jazwares and then discuss the Blind Box Toy Craze! If you're a fan of toys then this is the podcast to listen too HERE.

io9 have exclusively revealed that Hasbro's SDCC special edition item this year will be the Angry Birds Star Wars Special Edition Set, featuring the Angry Birds re-dressed in the classic Star Wars Kenner toy packaging, which look totally ace.

Here's the official rundown from Hasbro:

ANGRY BIRDS™ STAR WARS® SPECIAL ACTION FIGURE SET

The original 12 STAR WARS action figures are re-imagined for San Diego Comic-Con with a twist based on the mega-hit mobile game ANGRY BIRDS STAR WARSfrom Rovio Entertainment! LUKE SKYWALKER, PRINCESS LEIA, HAN SOLO, OBI-WAN KENOBI, CHEWBACCA, R2-D2, C-3PO, DARTH VADER, STORMTROOPER, SAND PEOPLE, IMPERIAL NAVY COMMANDER and a JAWA are all re-imagined as heroic birds or evil pigs in this set, with each figure in a unique vintage-style blister card featuring ANGRY BIRDS homage to the classic Kenner artwork! The individual blister cards are all packaged together in a collectible package!

Approximate Retail Price: $24.99

Hopefully this will become a regular series for those of us who can't get there but this will be one of the hottest items at the con, so be at that Hasbro stand early to secure yours so not to become an Angry Bird yourself.

Pirate3D are creating a full 3D printing solution for home consumers and they want this technology to be available to everyone at a great and affordable price. That's why they've started their Kickstarter program.

Priced at only $397 USD the Buccaneer is built to be as easily set up with need to mess around with raw spools of plastic lying around as it is all integrated into the machine via cartridges. There are no unnecessary wires or parts that get in the way and every Buccaneer is fully set up and ready to go within minutes.

If you think this is a worthwhile champaign to pledge too like we do then go HERE to start creating fun!

Peter Goral from Killer Bootlegs is about to kill our wallets even more from our last POST with another new figure, the Smoked Out Phantom!

This awesome kit-bashed from various vintage Star Wars toys, this Phantom figure has been cast up in a smoked clear resin with red and black resin lightsabre accessory. The standard ‘headed’ release will hit the Killer Bootlegs store HERE June 1 with an exclusive ‘backed’ version for this years SDCC in July.

Hot Toys are on fire today with three, that's right three RoboCop reveals. RoboCop becomes the second brand to join Iron Man as a DieCast figure.

The first is the 11" tall RoboCop will have a massive 25 point articulated while the other will be a deluxe version that includes his docking station. Both versions come with interchangeable faces and battle damage parts PLUS he comes with sound! "Dead or alive you'r coming with me", we say!

Here's what Hot Toy's have to say about the figures:

RoboCop: 1/6th scale RoboCop Collectible FigurePart Man. Part Machine. All Cop. RoboCop is an iconic character from a classic Sci-fi movie of the 80s. Hot Toys has previously introduced the 1/6th scale RoboCop Collectible Figure in 2006 and has received great response. We have heard that fans have been longing for a new collectible figure release of this beloved character and it is a now great time to revisit this classic film by introducing the 1/6th scale RoboCop Collectible Figure which is specially equipped with sound effect.RoboCop series is the latest addition to Hot Toys’ MMS Diecast Series in which the collectible figures are made of diecast material, specially designed to look more closely to the realistic RoboCop in the movie. The MMS Diecast Series will take fans to the next level of authenticity, focusing on the materials, fine details and engineering of the collectible figure.

Next up is:

1/6th scale RoboCop Collectible Figure with Mechanical ChairPart Man. Part Machine. All Cop. RoboCop is an iconic character from one of the most classic films of the 80s. Hot Toys has previously introduced the 1/6th scale RoboCop Collectible Figure in 2006 and has received great response. We have heard that fans have been longing for a new collectible figure release of this beloved character and it is a now great time to revisit this classic movie by introducing the 1/6th scale RoboCop Collectible Figure, specially equipped with sound effect and the Mechanical Chair (Docking Station). Fans will be able to reenact the notable scene where RoboCop has a dream and begun to remember who he was before becoming a cyborg. RoboCop series is the latest addition to Hot Toys’ MMS Diecast Series in which the collectible figures are made of diecast material, specially designed to look more closely to the realistic RoboCop in the movie. The MMS Diecast Series will take fans to the next level of authenticity, focusing on the materials, fine details and engineering of the collectible figure.

But just when you thought things couldn't get anymore rad, ED-209 is joing the party:

1/6th scale ED-209 Collectible FigureRoboCop is a classic Sci-fi movie in the 80s. In addition to the iconic character, the “future of law enforcement”, ED-209 is also a memorable character in the movie. Hot Toys has previously introduced the 1/6th scale ED-209 Collectible in 2006 and has received great response. We know that fans have been longing for a new collectible release for the RoboCop series, so we are very excited to present the new 1/6th scale ED-209 Collectible, specially equipped with sound effect.

Now before you're ready to "buy that for a dollar" and a whole lot more, all three won't be released until February 2014, but we'll keep you posted on when all three are available for pre-order.

The 9" tall, 2 lbs of hand cast solid resin has an amazing 8 points of articulation! Tim does warn us that The Devastator eats other resin pieces for breakfast! By the looks of it this creature of devastation is available in White/Sea Foam Green, Lime/Yellow and Purple/Pink. Too add this awesome piece to your collection check out the Ultimate Skull and Cobra store HERE.

This is the first time the clear vinyl Deadbeets are made available as is, with an addition black-colored mini Deadbeet inside of it, which is pretty rad. Don't let other's Beet you to own this figure, check out Scott's store HERE Friday at 10 AM PST as there will only be 10 available.

We posted HERE about wearing your favorite toy as a fashion item well here's a custom toy you can wear on your finger with the Kawaii Usagi Ring by the creative Evan Morgan.

These hand painted resin casted rings are available in a variety of colours as well as DIY and will be £5 shipped to UK, Worldwide £8. Cause if you like it then you shoulda put a ring on it by emailing Evan e.morgan93@live.com

Darren Clegg aka Klang's latest custom Dunny 'ARRRGGHHH!!!' has escaped and is ready to take refuge in your collection.

'"ARRRGGHHH!!!'. Through shear luck he managed to escape from a psychiatric hospital when one of the porters went out side for a cigarette and didn't shut the door. He managed to escape the hospital but not his straight jacket, he now runs around the neighborhood screaming ARRRGGHHH!!! at people in the vein hope that someone will help him out." - Klang